creature

Definition

  • noun: an animal of any type
  • noun: something 'created' either animate or inanimate
  • + 'of'
  • synonyms: animal, man, instrument

Examples

  • The industry is still a 'creature of' the 1930s. [=it began in the 1930s and has not changed]

  • They say that these forests are filled with wild 'creatures'. [='beasts']

  • I'm a 'creature of habit'. [=I always do the same things in the same way]

Movie quotes

  • (..) a God for all intents and purposes. A monster. Fifteen years ago, we found a fossil of another giant animal in the Philippines, like Godzilla. But this creature died long ago, killed by these. Parasitic spores. One dormant, but the other hatched, catalyzed when a mining company (..)
    2014 Godzilla
  • (..) Glad to find you, sir. I've been briefed on your work with Operation Monarch. Now, I'm told your organization has situation awareness of an unidentified creature. Is that right? I'm here to inform you, that we're now taking over operational authority from Monarch. So I'm needs to come with me. (..)
    2014 Godzilla